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  1. mark cranston
    23/01/2021 @ 8:48 AM

    Peter, REAR BAR LIGHTS- wondering if you can give me some clarity with the actual LED rear tail lights (not the reverse lens) I have wired up the plug and play for the rear square lights and identified – Light- Brake-Indicator-
    My question or quandary is that the top row of LEDs don’t light up….Are they for the reverse? or should they be the brake? or nothing?
    If you can remember.

    regards markcranston

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    • Peter
      24/01/2021 @ 2:39 PM

      G’day Mark,

      Our top ones are set to the indicators. We didn’t wire the lights, we had someone else do it. Bottom light comes on when lights are turned on.

      If you go to the picture on this post that has the wiring, click on it to see it larger. You will be able to see how the wiring was done. Hope that helps you.

      Cheers,

      Peter

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      • mark cranston
        06/02/2021 @ 1:22 PM

        Thanks Peter, I sorted the wiring myself…….there was a a lot of self doubt hence all of the questions. When I finally completed the install I found that the top LEDs are the blinker. (once I had a go with testing the wiring it was easy)
        No squeaks as yet but time will tell.
        One thing I noticed is that Uneek supply 6/M14 bolts 8.8 that are the main connecting bolts to the chassis and come with 2 nut plates. The exisiting bolting has 6/M12 10.9 bolts and the nuts are factory welded in place by Toyota…….Did you use the existing bolts or drill out and fit the M14 bolts etc that Uneek supplied?

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        • Peter
          09/02/2021 @ 3:17 PM

          Hi Mark,

          That’s good that you got it sorted mate.

          With the bolts we did this with our towbar and used the towbar M12 bolts. We didn’t drill out the holes.

          Cheers,

          Peter

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  2. mark cranston
    10/01/2021 @ 10:59 AM

    Thanks for the reply Peter, The squeak is going to annoy me too….I am waiting for delivery of the bar tomorrow:) So, really keen to get the weight off the rear door. Looking at doing the Madigan again this year 2021. Please don’t blog the details of the Madigan…..its such a good track with low vehicle volume. Your blog s are quality and well documented. Good work. keep safe markcranston

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    • Peter
      11/01/2021 @ 8:38 AM

      Hopefully you don’t get the squeak. Thanks mate.

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  3. mark cranston
    04/01/2021 @ 2:18 PM

    great blog Peter. I’m a fan of the Uneek products. I have the front bar for my 76 and love it, so i was interested to read your experience in the fitting and long term use. Has the bar any issues a year on?

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    • Peter
      04/01/2021 @ 3:31 PM

      G’day Mark,

      Thank you very much mate appreciate that. Great to see it is providing you with some helpful information.

      We actually have a post we are working on about the rear bar now that we have been using it for well over 12 months in all sorts of conditions. Probably won’t have it up for another few weeks though. Overall we are happy with the rear bar but there are a few issues with it. The biggest issue is getting the tie rod adjustments correct for the spare tyre. The Uneek instructions around best setup were pretty vague, so it has been a bit of trial and error for us. It is really difficult to stop any movement in the rear tyre when driving on bumpy roads. This then causes a small amount of movement in rear door and you can get a really annoying squeak. We haven’t been able to get it right. The only solution is WD40 on all the door mechanisms and this stops the noise for a while and when it starts spray again. We have also had to buy a few replacement soft stops that the swing arm sits on. These can wear out quickly if driving a lot of corrugations. They only cost $7 to replace but they do wear down and will need to be replaced. We have also lost a lot of the powder coat underneath from gravel roads. Not a big issue as it is expected eventually, so requires a bit of touch up paint.

      With all those issues mate, overall we are pretty happy with the bar. I still wouldn’t go a Kayamar. The Uneek bar definitely looks better than any other and being able to open the door easily with the spare tyre is great. Don’t think I would go any other. It would have been great if they had a couple of recovery points integrated into the bar but then I am not sure if that is possible.

      Hope that helps. Hit us up if you have any more questions.

      Cheers,

      Peter

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